Victorian Costuming

In knitting mode

I’ve been having a terrible time getting myself motivated to sew again (I have plans to MAKE myself do some today). I have no trouble getting myself to knit-probably because I can do it sitting on my couch watching Netflix… I have been thinking that I might need to make myself another shawl (which I don’t really need) so that I can get myself moving in the Victorian creations again. I have a pattern that I photographed from a book. I think it is from a Girls Own Annual book that I had borrowed for a bit. So the pattern would be late Victorian early Edwardian.

Trouble is…I’d have to break my “no new wool until I use up what I have” rule. I guess if I double the pattern, this could be a baby blanket and then I can use up stash wool. But, no progress in Victorian costuming…sigh. I do have some red wool that really is wool but would they have made a red shawl?